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"The Twelfth of Never"
Song
A-side"Chances Are"
"The Twelfth of Never"
Song
B-side"Life Is Just What You Make It"

"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song recorded by Johnny Mathis and later by artists including Cliff Richard and Donny Osmond. The song's title comes from the popular expression "the 12th of Never," which is used as the date of a future occurrence that will never come to pass. In the case of the song, the 12th of Never is given as the date on which the singer will stop loving his beloved, thus indicating that he will always love her/him. The song draws a similar link between the cessation of love and a number of other events expected never to happen.

The song was written by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster, the tune (except for the bridge) being adapted from "The Riddle Song" (also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry"), an old English folk song. Mathis's original version reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA in 1957. A version by Cliff Richard was released in 1964 and reached #8 in the UK. Donny Osmond's version, produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa, was his second #1 single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in March 1973. In the U.S. it peaked at #8.

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Oliver Again Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  • Ewen, David (1977). All the Years of Popular Music. Prentice Hall. p. 539. ISBN 0-13-022442-1. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number one single (Donny Osmond version)
March 31, 1973 (1 week) 		Succeeded by

[[Category:1973 singles]]

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